Great Cemetery

Great Cemetery is a cemetery in , . Great Cemetery is situated near the mosque , as well as near the suburb .
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  • Cemetery
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
  • Also known as
    “Al Mougawren Cemetery”
    “al-Qarafa al-Sharqiyya”
    “al-Qarāfaẗ al-šarqiyyaẗ”
    “Eastern Cemetery”
    “El-Qarâfa el-Sharqîya”
    “Northern Cemetery”
    “Qarafa al-Kubra”
    “مقابر المجاورين”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay and Al-Azhar Mosque.
R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , is an Islamic… is situated 230 metres southwest of Great Cemetery.
Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar… is situated 1¼ km west of Great Cemetery.
Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a and mausoleum… is situated 1¼ km west of Great Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the name commonly given to the core…
ThutmoseIII, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km west of Great Cemetery.
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is a district in the Western Area of , . is situated 3 km northwest of Great Cemetery.

Great Cemetery

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Latitude
30.04535° or 30° 2′ 43″ north
Longitude
31.27675° or 31° 16′ 36″ east
Open location code
8G2H27WG+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29418164
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
9179994

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to French—“Great Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القرافة الشرقية”
  • Arabic: “المقبرة الشمالية”
  • French: “Cimetière est”
  • French: “Nécropole de Qāytbāy”
  • French: “Tombeaux des califes”
  • French: “Désert de Qâïtbâï” (historical)
  • French: “Tombeaux des khalifes” (historical)
  • French: “Ville des tombeaux” (historical)

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